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noun

Magnate n.

A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere; used mostly of prominent business executives; as, an industrial magnate.

One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.

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Etymology of 'Magnate'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Magnate" Quotes from Famous Books

... dual character that surprises me," she answered, "Your practice makes you a professional man, and you are a county magnate also by right of ...

— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand

... the magnate, and found a very large party assembled. Amongst others, I especially recollect that the Inquisidor—General was conspicuous; but every one, with the exception of the Captain General and his immediate staff, was arrayed in gingham jackets; so there ...

— Tom Cringle's Log • Michael Scott

... feeble because they have to be restrained by a certain metrical dignity, and the mere idea of such restraint is incompatible with humour. If Browning had written the passage which opens The Princess, descriptive of the "larking" of the villagers in the magnate's park, he would have spared us nothing; he would not have spared us the shrill uneducated voices and the unburied bottles of ginger beer. He would have crammed the poem with uncouth similes; he would have changed the metre a hundred times; ...

— Robert Browning • G. K. Chesterton

... Mr. Sherwen," smiled the magnate. "Polly would have it all out of me before I was an hour older. She may ...

— The Unspeakable Perk • Samuel Hopkins Adams

... "demos," or, more loosely, of "democracy," we must be careful not to limit these terms to the "lower" and "lower-middle" classes. For Poetry, who draws her priests and warders from all classes of society, is generally beloved of none. The average country magnate, the average church dignitary, the average professional man, the average commercial traveller—to all these she is alike unknown: at least, the insensibility of each is differentiated by shades so fine that we need ...

— Adventures in Criticism • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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